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Sociology 1000

Basic Concepts in Sociology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Human social behaviour, the processes and patterns of group interaction and group influence on individual behaviour. Areas of sociological concern such as social organization, social stratification, ethnic relations and family interaction introduce some of the major concepts, theories and procedures of sociological inquiry.

Sociology 2010

Canadian Society
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The changing structure of Canadian Society and its current social features.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2020

Social Problems
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Processes by which social conditions come to be defined as problems, the consequences of these social problems for society and the nature of social reaction.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2100

Research Methodology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the philosophy of social scientific investigation; concepts and methods of qualitative and quantitative research.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2130

Social Statistics
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-2-0
The nature of social data, probability, sampling, co-variation, basic descriptive and inferential techniques, computer analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 1000
Recommended Background: One of Pure Mathematics 30, Mathematics 30, Mathematics 0500, or [Applied Mathematics 30 and at least 75 percent standing in Athabasca University's Mathematics 101]
Substantially Similar: Psychology 2030

Sociology 2200

Classical Sociological Theory
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Sociological theory of the 19th and early 20th Century with special reference to Marx, Weber and Durkheim.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2210

Contemporary Sociological Theory
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Sociological theory from the early 20th Century to the present.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2200

Sociology 2410

Sociology of Gender
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Social construction of gender. Comparative and historical perspectives on family and occupational roles. Position of women in contemporary Canadian society.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2440

Sociology of Work
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Examines trends, structures, and social relations related to work and labour. Topics may include industrialization, restructuring, globalization, unemployment, technological change, occupations, and worker-management relations.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2500

Deviance, Conformity and Social Control
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Normative processes by which individuals and groups become labelled as deviant, and the consequences of such social definitions; social factors that influence conformity and individual variation.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2600

The Individual and Society
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Symbolic interaction and role theories are used to understand the interrelationships between the individual and society; the central importance of symbols in the development of human forms of social relations.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 2700/Health Sciences 2700

Health and Society
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Sociological perspectives on health and wellness within Canadian and global contexts. The relationship between social organization and health; social constructions and meanings of health; social epidemiology; health beliefs and behaviour; and the experience of illness.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 1000
Equivalent: Sociology 2850 (Sociology of Health and Wellness) (prior to 2004/2005)

Sociology 3050

Minority Group Relations
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Majority-minority relationships relative to prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, power and prestige; social structural patterns within minority groups.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology
Recommended Background: Sociology 2010;
Sociology 2020

Sociology 3110

Survey Research
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Interviews and questionnaires in data collection, quantitative data analysis, statistical analysis using computer techniques.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2100

Sociology 3120

Qualitative Research Methods
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Techniques in qualitative data collection and analysis; interviews, participant observation and unobtrusive methods.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2100

Sociology 3310

Sociology of Families
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Functions of the family as a social institution. Developmental stages in family life. The changing nature of family and its relationships with society. Changing role relationship involved in family interactions, marital stability, adjustment and breakdown.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 3330

Sociology of Religion
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Religion as a cultural and social phenomenon; religious experience and its institutional expression.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology or Religious Studies

Sociology 3340

Medical Sociology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Socio-cultural factors related to health and illness; models of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation in such areas as mental illness and suicide.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology
Recommended Background: Sociology 2010;
Sociology 2020

Sociology 3360

Political Sociology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Sociological and institutional underpinnings of politics. Theories of political action. Intersection of politics with factors such as class, gender, and ethnicity. Social movements, nationalism, the role of states versus markets, and the power of international corporations.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 1000 or Sociology 2010;
One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Political Science
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (Political Sociology) (prior to 2004/2005)

Sociology 3390

Sociology of Mass Communication
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The social impact of mass communications (newspapers, radio, film, television, etc.) as well as the social forces and institutions that affect the mass communications media; social organizations of the mass communications media.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 3440

Collective Action and Social Movements
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Socially-shared activities and beliefs directed toward change in, or rejection of the social order: social structural sources of protest, reform and revolt; development of collective meanings, ideology, myth and belief.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology

Sociology 3450

Women and Work
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The gendered organization of paid and unpaid work and its consequences for women; the evolution of gender segregation and stratification in the workplace; and the impact of factors such as government policy, technological change, and globalization on women's work.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 2410, Sociology 2440, or Women's Studies 1000
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (Sociology of Women and Work) (prior to 2004/2005)

Sociology 3460

Body and Society
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The social aspects of bodily expression and repression. Selected theories of the body in socio-historical and cultural contexts. Social institutions and relations concerning reproductive, aging, ill, disabled, gendered, young, and marginalized bodies.
Prerequisite(s): One of Sociology 2210 or Sociology 2410
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (Sociology of the Body) (prior to 2004/2005)

Sociology 3510

Crime and Delinquency
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Criminal behaviour, its incidence and distribution in Canada, law enforcement and judicial processes.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2500

Sociology 3620

Sociology of Law
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
In-depth exploration of the social implications of law, law enforcement, and legal process.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 1000;
Sociology 2500
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (Sociology of Law) (prior to 2007/2008)

Sociology 3740

The Sociology of Cyberspace
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Social impact and significance of web-based communication media. Critical examination of the implications of cyberspace for sociological concepts and constructs such as culture, community, identity, agency, democracy and education.
Prerequisite(s): One of a 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology or [Sociology 1000 and third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)]
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (Sociology of Cyberspace) (prior to 2002/2003)

Sociology 3770

The Sociology of Youth
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An examination of structures and processes impacting youth in society. Topics may include socialization, the maturation process, youth culture, and adolescence in historical and comparative perspective.
Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology
Equivalent: Sociology 3850 (The Sociology of Youth) (prior to 2002/2003)

Sociology 3850

Topics in Sociology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Topics to be announced.
Prerequisite(s): Will be specified (including any recommended background) for individual offerings

Sociology 4200

Seminar in Classical Sociological Theory
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Examination and critique of selected works in classical sociological theory.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2200

Sociology 4210

Seminar in Contemporary Sociological Theory
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Examination and critique of selected works in contemporary sociological theory.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology 2210

Sociology 4850

Topics Seminar in Sociology
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Topics to be announced.
Prerequisite(s): Will be specified (including any recommended background) for individual offerings